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Surgeon

Walter Hugh Tyrynis Thomas, Welsh surgeon. Recipient Wallace Memorial medal Wright Fleming Institute. Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps, 1970-1978. Fellow Royal College Surgeons.

Background

Thomas, Walter Hugh Tyrynis was born on December 20, 1935 in Llanelli, Wales. Son of Thomas Pegegrine Tyrynis and Irene Mary (Bowen) Thomas.

Education

Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, St. Mary's Hospital, London, 1960; Doctor of Medicine, Yale University, 1967.

Career

Research fellow, Hahnemann Hospital, Philadelphia, 1964-1965; senior registrar, MHS, London, 1965-1966; research associate Institute Surgery, Yale University, New Haven, 1966-1968; consultant surgeon, St. Catherine's, Ontario, Canada, 1967-1970; consultant surgeon, British Armed Forces, Berlin, 1970-1974; consultant surgeon, British Armed Forces, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 1974-1978; consultant surgeon, MHS, Cardiff, Wales, since 1978. Clinical tutor Medical School Cardiff U., 1978.

Achievements

  • Walter Hugh Tyrynis Thomas has been listed as a noteworthy Surgeon by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Colonel Royal Army Medical Corps, 1970-1978. Fellow Royal College Surgeons.

Interests

  • Avocation: violin.

Connections

Married Joann Marjorie Richards, November 7, 1960. Children: Owen Robert Tyrynis, Sian Catherine Tyrynis, Joana Angharad Tyrynis, Rhiannon Tyrynis.

Father:
Thomas Pegegrine Tyrynis Thomas

Mother:
Irene Mary (Bowen) Thomas

Spouse:
Joann Marjorie Richards

child:
Rhiannon Tyrynis Thomas

child:
Owen Robert Tyrynis Thomas

child:
Joana Angharad Tyrynis Thomas

child:
Sian Catherine Tyrynis Thomas